For many people, the winter season starts with the search for a suitable location, so that they can book a ski slope suitable for their level. It's a matter of getting down the mountain safely and relaxed with your skis or snowboard; Not everyone is fearless or has had the luxury of learning to ski as a child.
In 2020-2021, most winter sports enthusiasts look at well-known websites to read a review or experience from fellow adventurers about the ski slope in question. But one often comes to the conclusion that what is easy to do for one person, turns out to be a little less easy for another ????
How do you know in advance whether a ski slope is suitable for your level?
Well, we assume that you have had at least one ski holiday. If that is not the case, we advise you to look for real beginner slopes with many blue or green colors. Perhaps it is worthwhile to immediately choose a location where a school gives lessons to learn how to ski or snowboard. It's a matter of having the right guidance during those first descents.
Have you had a holiday like this? Good!
Then take a deep dive into your memories of which ski slopes you have conquered while snowboarding or skiing; then open the interactive piste map of this ski area. And look for the route you took.
We take the location as an example: Saas-Fee. And more specifically the Panorama ski slope.
Then go to the website Fatmap and search for this location in the search box.
Use the navigation tools to position the map so that you can find the ski slope quickly and easily. Refer to the ski area's ski slope map as a guide.
Once you have found it, you can select the ski slope in question and Fatmap will immediately make an estimate of this slope.
At the bottom you can also read the maximum slope. In the example we have given this is 29°. There are some other parameters such as height, distance and height difference.
If you want more detail, you can of course request the decay. That gives you an idea of what you would encounter when skiing or snowboarding.
You can request the course of the slopes by clicking on the icon with a graph. You will then see an extensive route profile. In addition to the course of this ski slope, you also immediately see the slope with a color indication.
What are you doing with this now? Well, once you have found a location during your search, you can look up the ski slopes you want to do. This way you can estimate the required level as a skier or snowboarder.
If it turns out that the slope is the same or lower than what you have done before, then this should not be a problem for you in terms of level. On the other hand, if it is bigger then you know your skills will be tested!
We wish you luck in your search! Don't forget about you ski's or snowboard to have it waxed in advance, so that you can start immediately upon arrival.
